Tom Lane wrote:
> Kevin Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > So if we wanted to make use of mandatory locks, we'd have to refrain
> > from using flock().
> 
> We have no need for mandatory locks; the advisory style will do fine.
> This is true because we have no desire to interoperate with any
> non-Postgres code ... everyone else is supposed to stay the heck out of
> $PGDATA.

True.  But, of course, mandatory locks could be used to *make*
everyone else stay out of $PGDATA.  :-)


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Kevin Brown                                           [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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